Sullivan–Clinton campaign

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The Sullivan–Clinton campaign was a 1779 American Revolutionary War expedition in which Continental Army forces devastated Iroquois settlements allied with the British across what is now upstate New York.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Revolutionary War campaign
expedition
military campaign
appliesToJurisdiction United States
authorizedBy Continental Congress
belligerent Continental Army
Iroquois Confederacy
chronology after Cherry Valley massacre
after Wyoming Valley massacre
commander James Clinton
John Sullivan
conflict American Revolutionary War
conflictType frontier warfare
country United States
describedAs punitive expedition against the Iroquois
scorched-earth campaign
effect facilitated later American settlement in upstate New York
famine among displaced Iroquois
long-term disruption of Iroquois society
hasPart Battle of Newtown
historicalRegion Six Nations territory
linked to: Six Nations
location Northern theater of the American Revolutionary War
Province of New York
upstate New York
namedAfter James Clinton
John Sullivan
notableEngagement Battle of Newtown
objective devastate Iroquois settlements allied with the British
neutralize Iroquois military support for the British
opponent British Empire
opposedBy Loyalist forces
orderedBy George Washington
participant Oneida allies of the Americans
Tuscarora allies of the Americans
partOf American Revolutionary War
United States military history
history of the Iroquois Confederacy
result destruction of numerous Iroquois towns
large-scale displacement of Iroquois populations
weakening of Iroquois ability to wage war
startTime 1779
target Iroquois crops
Iroquois food supplies
Iroquois villages
theaterOfOperations Iroquois territory
year 1779

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New York frontier notableEvent Sullivan–Clinton campaign
Cayuga Nation historicalEvent Sullivan–Clinton campaign
subject linked to: Cayuga nation
Cayuga settlements significantEvent Sullivan–Clinton campaign
Cayuga settlements destroyedBy Sullivan–Clinton expedition
linked to: Sullivan–Clinton campaign